1989 Women's European Ice Hockey Championships

Infobox IIHFWW
tourney_name = IIHF European Women's Championship
year = 1989
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country = West Germany
dates = April 4 - April 9
num_teams = 8
venues = Dusseldorf, Ratingen
cities = 2
winners = Finland
count = 1
games = 20
goals = 220
attendance =
scoring_leader =
mvp =

The 1989 IIHF European Women Championships was held April 4-April 9, 1989 in West Germany. This was the first ever European Championship to be held. Finland won their first title with a 7-1 victory over neighbours Sweden in the Final. The hosts West Germany picked up the bronze after edging past Norway on penalty shots.

Qualification

Nine teams in entered the championship. Of these, the top seven ranked teams received a bye to the final tournament. These were:

*ihw|CSK
*ihw|DEN
*ihw|FIN
*ihw|GER
*ihw|NOR
*ihw|SUI
*ihw|SWE

The final two sides competed in a two-leg aggregate playoff with the winner taking the final spot.

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date = March 6, 1989
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team1 = ihw-rt|GBR
score = 2 – 4
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team2 = ihw|NED
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stadium = Chelmsford
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date = March 7, 1989
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team1 = ihw-rt|GBR
score = 2 – 4
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* The Netherlands won the qualifier 8-4 on aggregate.

Format

The eight participating teams were divided up into two seeded groups as below. The teams played each other once in a single round robin format. The top two teams from the group proceeded to the Medal Round, while the remaining teams played in the placing games.

Group Stage

Results

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team1 = ihw-rt|FIN
score = 34 – 0
periods = ( 12 - 0 , 12 - 0 , 10 - 0 )
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stadium = Ratingen
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date = April 4, 1989
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team1 = ihw-rt|GER
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team2 = ihw|DEN
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stadium = Dusseldorf
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date = April 5, 1989
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team1 = ihw-rt|DEN
score = 6 – 0
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date = April 5, 1989
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team1 = ihw-rt|FIN
score = 5 – 0
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date = April 6, 1989
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team1 = ihw-rt|FIN
score = 18 – 0
periods = ( 4 - 0 , 6 - 0 , 8 - 0 )
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date = April 6, 1989
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team1 = ihw-rt|GER
score = 15 – 0
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Playoff Stage

Placing Round

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date = April 8, 1989
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team1 = ihw-rt|DEN
score = 2 – 1
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date = April 8, 1989
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team1 = ihw-rt|SUI
score = 9 – 3
periods = ( 3 - 3 , 3 - 0 , 3 - 0 )
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7th/8th Place Game

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date = April 9, 1989
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team1 = ihw-rt|CSK
score = 7 – 1
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5th/6th Place Game

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date = April 9, 1989
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team1 = ihw-rt|SUI
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Medal Round

Semi-2-no-groups
semi-date = 8 April 1989
final-date = 9 April 1989
pool-a-name = Group A
pool-b-name = Group B
top-position-name = 2nd
next-position-name = 1st
final-match-name = Gold Medal Game
consolation-match-name = Bronze Medal Game (APS)
pool-a-second = ihw|FIN
pool-a-second-score = 9
pool-b-first = ihw|NOR
pool-b-first-score = 1
pool-b-second = ihw|SWE
pool-b-second-score = 4
pool-a-first = ihw|GER
pool-a-first-score = 3
f-team-top = ihw|FIN
f-score-top = 7
f-team-bot = ihw|SWE
f-score-bot = 1
bronze-team-top = ihw|GER
bronze-score-top = 2
bronze-team-bot = ihw|NOR
bronze-score-bot = 1

emi-Finals

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team1 = ihw-rt|FIN
score = 9 – 1
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date = April 8, 1989
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team1 = ihw-rt|SWE
score = 4 – 3
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Bronze Medal Game

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date = April 9, 1989
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score = 2 – 1
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Final

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date = April 9, 1989
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team1 = ihw-rt|FIN
score = 7 – 1
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Champions

Final standings